Jets to fly low over county
10:45am Sunday 4th May 2008
Comments (12)ROYAL Air Force aircraft will be flying low over Dorset this week as part of a training drill, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
Jets including Tornados, Hawks and Harriers will be soaring over Dorchester, Cerne Abbas and other areas as part of exercise Early Resolve'.
The medium-scale exercise will allow aircrews to practise close air support operations and ground forces to practice air control techniques.
The flying will take place in Dorset between 9am and 11pm on May 8 and 9 before the exercise moves on to west Wales.
A MoD spokesman said: "Throughout exercise Early Resolve there will be occasions when participating fast jet aircraft will be required to flow at low level.
"But any time spent conducting low level flying will be the minimum necessary to achieve the training objectives with every effort being made to minimise disturbance.
"Additionally, where low flying operations have been arranged as part of the exercise this precludes the use of the same area by aircraft carrying out routine low-level training flying."
Other aircraft - including the jet-powered maritime patrol aircraft Nimrod - will be operating at high level to monitor the jets.
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Shy-Talk, Weymouth says...
11:19am Sun 4 May 08
derek, dorset says...
2:17pm Sun 4 May 08
John, Weymouth says...
3:06pm Sun 4 May 08
Shy-Talk wrote:Link:
I expect Farmer Ferris the ferret breeder will be getting his claim for compensation ready. Because the noise has upset and stopped his ferrets from breeding.
http://www.uea.ac.uk
/edu/learn/braysher/
tommy.htm
Dorset Boy, Wilds of Dorset says...
4:19pm Sun 4 May 08
Westie, West Dorset says...
6:12pm Sun 4 May 08
Dorset Boy, Wilds of Dorset says...
6:38pm Sun 4 May 08
Westie wrote:I was not thinking of Mirage aeroplane, but more of seeing something that is not there.
Dorset Boy, I also saw these flying in from the sea at West Bay, yes they were heading in the Dorchester direction. Not sure what they were, don't think the RAF use the Mirage, must have been something else !!!!
Dorset Boy, Wilds of Dorset says...
6:39pm Sun 4 May 08
Westie wrote:PS Thanks for confirming I was not seeing things
Dorset Boy, I also saw these flying in from the sea at West Bay, yes they were heading in the Dorchester direction. Not sure what they were, don't think the RAF use the Mirage, must have been something else !!!!
DingDonG, Wilds of Wiltshire says...
8:55pm Sun 4 May 08
r, and over in 2 mins!!!
Now living near RAF Lyneham, we just get the drone of Hercules struggling over the tree tops.
*** RAF , GO FOR IT ***
No one complained about Spifires in the 1940's
derek, dorset says...
1:07am Mon 5 May 08
Yes but these made less noise than a chav-mobile with broken exhaust and iffy plates. ( and 30hp)
JamesY, Dorchester says...
9:25pm Wed 7 May 08
derek wrote:Sheesh, i knew the defence budget was being cut, but that seems extreme.
No one complained about Spifires in the 1940' Yes but these made less noise than a chav-mobile with broken exhaust and iffy plates. ( and 30hp)
Fishman68, Weymouth says...
12:16am Thu 8 May 08
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Tricky Dicky, twixt here and rhere says...
10:49am Sun 4 May 08
Will they be able to exercise properly in the future? Wind turbines are known to interfere with radar etc so if wind turbines are built anywhere in Dorset, our armed forces will not be particulary happy, will they?